Surface flows were most active in the easternmost of two branches within the abandoned Royal Gardens subdivision and private property to the east of Hawai`i Volcanoes National Park. Yesterday, HVO geologists mapped the front of the eastern branch across the coastal plain, along the easternmost boundary of Hawai`i Volcanoes National Park, to be about 175 m (575 ft) from the coast (see map). The shorter western branch appeared far less active on the ground yesterday and in Webcams overnight. There was no ocean entry plume visible in any of the webcams through this morning; however, the flows were advancing into an area with a slightly steeper seaward slope and, if they continue at their current rate, could reach the ocean in the next few days.

Boris Behncke 9 minutes ago in reply to Claude GThis time it's the northWESTERN flank of Etna - so it's something different from the typical east flank fault movement. These earthquakes like today are quite deep (25-30 km) and possibly linked to the underthrusting of African lithosphere between the European continental margin, but there is also speculation about a possible (though purely hypothetical) relationship with deep magma movement below Etna.I do, however, confirm that it will not necessarily have any effect on the Southeast Crater activity - the crater has been heating up on its own 15 hours before the first earthquakes.

Surface flows were most active in the easternmost of two branches within the abandoned Royal Gardens subdivision and private property to the east of Hawai`i Volcanoes National Park. Yesterday, HVO geologists mapped the front of the eastern branch across the coastal plain, along the easternmost boundary of Hawai`i Volcanoes National Park, to be about 175 m (575 ft) from the coast (see map). The shorter western branch appeared far less active on the ground yesterday and in Webcams overnight. There was no ocean entry plume visible in any of the webcams through this morning; however, the flows were advancing into an area with a slightly steeper seaward slope and, if they continue at their current rate, could reach the ocean in the next few days.

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Any news?

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first this year ocean entry

Thursday, November 22, 2012 7:17 AM HST (Thursday, November 22, 2012 17:17 UTC)The easternmost and longest of the two lava flow branches active on the coastal plain reached the ocean yesterday sometime between sunset and 10 pm probably at a location to the east of Hawai`i Volcanoes National Park easternmost boundary. The shorter western branch continued to be active in Webcams overnight. This is the first ocean entry in 2012 and may be short-lived as the effects of the ongoing deflation at Kilauea summit propagate through the east rift zone and Pu`u `O`o. [link to hvo.wr.usgs.gov]

Boris Behncke 9 minutes ago in reply to Claude GThis time it's the northWESTERN flank of Etna - so it's something different from the typical east flank fault movement. These earthquakes like today are quite deep (25-30 km) and possibly linked to the underthrusting of African lithosphere between the European continental margin, but there is also speculation about a possible (though purely hypothetical) relationship with deep magma movement below Etna.I do, however, confirm that it will not necessarily have any effect on the Southeast Crater activity - the crater has been heating up on its own 15 hours before the first earthquakes.

Boris Behncke 9 minutes ago in reply to Claude GThis time it's the northWESTERN flank of Etna - so it's something different from the typical east flank fault movement. These earthquakes like today are quite deep (25-30 km) and possibly linked to the underthrusting of African lithosphere between the European continental margin, but there is also speculation about a possible (though purely hypothetical) relationship with deep magma movement below Etna.I do, however, confirm that it will not necessarily have any effect on the Southeast Crater activity - the crater has been heating up on its own 15 hours before the first earthquakes.

Strombolian activity has resumed at the New SE crater of Etna volcano in Italy. Tremor began rising on 20 November. On the night of 21 November, incandescence was seen in Etna's New Southeast crater. Incandescence was last observed from the crater in April 2012.On 22 Nov, a swarm of earthquakes has started in the NW sector of the volcano at depths mostly around 20 km...The lava flows from the Santiaguito lava dome remain very active, INSIVUMEH reports. At 06:09 on 22 Nov morning, a moderate pyroclastic flow was triggered by collapsing material of one of the flow fronts on the SE side...SO2 plumes are visible on today's NOAA satellite images from Ambrym volcano on Vanuatu and Nyiragongo volcano in the DR Congo.